Athletic skirt



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J. HUG.

ATHLETIC SKIRT. No. 565,752. Patented Aug. 11, 1896.

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J. 'HUQ. ATHLETIGSKIRT.

No. 555,752 1 Patented Aug. 11} 1896.

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ATENT FFICE.

JULIUS HUQOF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATHLETIC SKIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,752, dated August11,1896.

Application filed June a, 1896. Serial No. 594,103. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, JULIUS HUG, of Boston,county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvementin Ladies Athletic Skirts, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing like parts. i

This invention has for its object the production of an athletic skirtfor use of ladies for bicycle riding and other purposes.

My improved skirt when. in use presents the appearance of an ordinaryshort walkingskirt, but at its interior it is divided in imitation ofbloomers or trousers.

My improved skirt is made as 'two skirts, one inside the other, theouter skirt having at top a two-part band to fit the waist, while thetop of the inner skirt is sewed together and cut out to fit the crotch,and is then attached to the inner sides of the front and back part ofthe waistband, and the inner skirt, at a short distance above its lowerend, is provided with slits and a wing to enlarge the opening, and ashort legging is attached to the edges of said slit and wing.

Figure 1 shows one of my improved skirts on a figure. Fig. 2 shows theinner side of one-half of the skirt, said figure showing the shapes ofthe pieces used from which to make the skirt. Fig. 2 shows the piece cof the inner skirt detached, but with the gore f sewed to its edge. Fig.2 shows the piece 9 of the inner skirt detached. Fig. 3 shows the skirtof Fig. l with the outer skirt broken away to show the inner skirt, theupper edge of the inner skirt being shown as brought together and shapedinto a crotch and connected to the waistbands at front and back, Fig. 4is a detail showing part of the inner skirt and its attached legging,and Fig. 5 is a detail showing the waistband attached to the back of theskirt. Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-section from side to side of thegarment, and Fig. 7 a section from front to back. the lines indicatingthe particular shape of the pattern being omitted.

My improved garment is composed chiefly of two skirts A B, one beingwithin the lolther skirts are composed each of several shaped pieces,which I will now proceed to describe.

Referring to Fig. 2, a represents one-half of the back of the outerskirt, b the side piece or gore, and c one-half of the front breadth.

The back and front breadths may be seamless, if desired, and each sidepiece is sewed into place between the front and back breadths by linesof stitching 2 and Each half of the inner skirt is shown as composed offour pieces de f g united together by the that when the lower ends ofthe two outer and inner skirts are united there is presented one skirtwithin the other, the inner skirt be ing brought together and cut orshaped on the curved line 7 8 Q, and united to make a crotch, afterwhich the ends of the crotch made at the upper end of the inner skirtare attached at back and front to the waistbands, leaving spaces at eachside of the crotch between the inn er and outer skirts, into whichspaces the legs of the wearer of the skirt are inserted, the legs comingout of said spaces near the lower end of the inner skirt, or near whereit is attached to the outer skirt, the said inner skirt being providedwith slots for the purpose.

The upper ends of the two like pieces cl are gathered or plaited andattached to the back of the skirt with and to the usual waistband it,(see Fig. 5,) which in practice will be long enough to fasten or buttonabout the front of the waist, and the upper ends of the two like piecesg are plaited to the inner side of the front breadth c at the front ofthe dress, and held there by a suitable binding 72., (see Fig. 3,) thesaid bound front breadth lying outside of and covering the usualwaistband, and having an attached fly 712, which is buttoned ontosuitable buttonsh fast on the portion 1) of the outer skirt.

The bottoms of the two skirts are suitably connected to make them inone.

Each portion 9 of the inner skirt at a suitable distance above thebottom of the two skirts is provided with a slit a, through which theleg of the wearer of the skirt is put after entering the space betweenthe outer and inner skirt. To provide for making this hole or slit ofsufficient size to fit a large leg, I may stitch to the part c agore-piece f, (see Figs. 2, 2*, and 4,) uniting its right-hand inclinededge to the left-hand'edge of the piece 9 (see Fig. 2*) from the slit nto the point g, the lower end of the said gore terminating at the slitn, and thereafter the edges left by the upper and lower edges of theslit n and the lower end of the portion f have attached to them the topof a short legging m, having preferably an elastic band in its end.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The herein-described athletic skirt composed of an outer and an innerskirt connected together, at their lower ends, the upper end of theinner skirt being cut and shaped and sewed together to form a crotchleaving legspaces between the outer and inner skirts at opposite sidessaid crotch, the upper end of the inner skirt at the ends of the saidcrotch being connected to the top of the outer skirt at its back andfront, the inner skirt being provided near its lower end with slitsthrough which the legs may be passed, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described athletic skirt composed of an ou ter and aninner skirt connected together, at their lower ends, the upper end ofthe inner skirt being cut and shaped and sewed together to form a crotchleaving legspaces between the outer and inner skirts at opposite sidessaid crotch, the upper end of the inner skirt at the ends of the saidcrotch being connected to the top of the outer skirt at its back andfront, the inner skirt being provided near its lower end with slitsthrough which the legs may be passed, said slits having sewed to theiredges short leggings, substantially as described.

3. The herein-described athletic skirt composed of an outer and an innerskirt connected together at their lower ends, the upper end of the innerskirt being cut and shaped and sewed together to form a crotch leavinglegspaces between the outer and inner skirts at opposite sides saidcrotch, the upper end of the inner skirt, at the ends of the saidcrotch, being connected to the top of the outer skirt at its back andfront, the inner skirt being provided near its lower end with slitsthrough which the legs may be passed, the said slits being enlarged bythe addition of gores f inserted in the inner skirt, and leggingsattached to the edges of said slit and the edge of said gore,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULIUS HUG.

Witnesses:

Gno. W. GREGORY, EMMA J. BENNETT.

